LTC tourney semifinals set

Tuesday

Jan 29, 2013 at 9:13 PMJan 29, 2013 at 9:16 PM

Top four seeds — Geese, Wildcats, Rebels, Golden Eagles — advance

Mike Landis

Wethersfield 66, Annawan 40The top-seeded Flying Geese had little trouble advancing past their co-op partners Tuesday night.Wethersfield (19-3) built a 19-11 lead at the quarter, and pushed the margin to 33-18 at the half. The Geese ended any drama by scoring the first seven points of the third quarter, five coming from Cody Phillips, as the lead ballooned to 52-25 going into the final eight minutes. Matt Jenkins hit treys to give the Geese their biggest leads in each of the first three quarters.Jenkins and Lay led a balanced Wethersfield offense with 12 points each. Phillips and Trey Hannam added eight apiece as 10 Geese dented the scoring column.Michael Smith topped the Braves (8-16) with 17 points.

Galva 70, West Central 55The Wildcats beat the Heat for the third time this season to move into Friday night’s semifinals.Galva steadily pulled away from the visitors, building leads of 23-15 at the quarter, 40-22 at the half and 60-41 after three.David Jeffries and Dexter Ingels led the Wildcats (17-3) with 22 points each, and Reece Hoxworth added 12.

Stark County 38, ROWVA 33Tanner King’s 12 points lifted the Rebels over the Tigers and into the tourney semifinals.Justin Kohler added nine for Stark County (9-12) and Ryne Daum finished with eight.Asa Stevenson led ROWVA with 12 points.

Mercer County 67, Ridgewood 49The Golden Eagles advanced to the tourney semifinals on their home court with Tuesday night’s win over the Spartans.Tyson Nylin led Mercer County with 29 points, including five 3-pointers.

Tournament scheduleThe tourney resumes Thursday with three consolation bracket games — Princeville at West Central, West Prairie at Annawan and United at Ridgewood. All three games tip at 7 p.m.Friday’s semifinals at Mercer County High School in Aledo find Wethersfield vs. Mercer County at 6 p.m. and Galva vs. Stark County at 7:30 p.m. Friday’s consolation bracket semifinals at Mercer County’s intermediate building in Aledo are West Central-Princeville winner vs. ROWVA at 6 p.m. and Annawan-West Prairie winner vs. Ridgewood-United winner at 7:30 p.m.The tourney concludes at Mercer County High School Saturday with the consolation title game at 4 p.m., the third-place game at 6 p.m. and championship game at 8 p.m.